Wife is obsessed with working out

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Barre classes use weights.

Waving a two pound pink stick around doesn’t constitute “lifting weights.”

You must be one of the guys who would go to a Barre class, pick up 10lbs, trade them for 5s, then 2.5s, then drop them entirely. I lift heavy, but it's always entertaining to watch when people do this

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Anonymous wrote:She has a boyfriend

Op here. A lot of times I drop her off at the classes. Cheating for 1 hour during a class? I doubt it.

Huh? Why do you drop her off? Why doesn’t she drive herself? Why don’t you workout with her?

Because we have 1 car and I bring our child to the playground while she goes to a class.

It sounds to me like this is the only way she really gets to leave the house.
Do you take the car to work every day? Do you live near public transportation?

This! Leave her the car during the day. Have her join a gym with childcare. That way she can exercise during the day, and you all can spend time as a family in the evening.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Barre classes use weights.

Waving a two pound pink stick around doesn’t constitute “lifting weights.”

You must be one of the guys who would go to a Barre class, pick up 10lbs, trade them for 5s, then 2.5s, then drop them entirely. I lift heavy, but it's always entertaining to watch when people do this

Ha, this. I knew a guy who helped train NFL players and he'd have them do Barre-type exercises for injury prevention/rehab. Many of them couldn't do even simple things like leg lifts.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Barre classes use weights.

Waving a two pound pink stick around doesn’t constitute “lifting weights.”

You must be one of the guys who would go to a Barre class, pick up 10lbs, trade them for 5s, then 2.5s, then drop them entirely. I lift heavy, but it's always entertaining to watch when people do this

Ha, this. I knew a guy who helped train NFL players and he'd have them do Barre-type exercises for injury prevention/rehab. Many of them couldn't do even simple things like leg lifts.

DP, but why are there so many smug people who take Barre? It's such a turn-off.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Barre classes use weights.

Waving a two pound pink stick around doesn’t constitute “lifting weights.”

You must be one of the guys who would go to a Barre class, pick up 10lbs, trade them for 5s, then 2.5s, then drop them entirely. I lift heavy, but it's always entertaining to watch when people do this

Ha, this. I knew a guy who helped train NFL players and he'd have them do Barre-type exercises for injury prevention/rehab. Many of them couldn't do even simple things like leg lifts.

DP, but why are there so many smug people who take Barre? It's such a turn-off.

Probably for the same reason that so many smug people lift heavy weights.

[Anonymous]

Does she have a nice body at least?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Barre classes use weights.

Waving a two pound pink stick around doesn’t constitute “lifting weights.”

You must be one of the guys who would go to a Barre class, pick up 10lbs, trade them for 5s, then 2.5s, then drop them entirely. I lift heavy, but it's always entertaining to watch when people do this

Ha, this. I knew a guy who helped train NFL players and he'd have them do Barre-type exercises for injury prevention/rehab. Many of them couldn't do even simple things like leg lifts.

DP, but why are there so many smug people who take Barre? It's such a turn-off.

Probably for the same reason that so many smug people lift heavy weights.

No, there's something qualitatively different about the Barre attitude. They seem to get such a kick out of seeing people struggle in the classes, in a way I haven't seen in the myriad other sports/athletic activities I've done. It's bizarre.

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Anonymous wrote:Barre classes use weights.

Waving a two pound pink stick around doesn’t constitute “lifting weights.”

You must be one of the guys who would go to a Barre class, pick up 10lbs, trade them for 5s, then 2.5s, then drop them entirely. I lift heavy, but it's always entertaining to watch when people do this

Ha, this. I knew a guy who helped train NFL players and he'd have them do Barre-type exercises for injury prevention/rehab. Many of them couldn't do even simple things like leg lifts.

DP, but why are there so many smug people who take Barre? It's such a turn-off.

Probably for the same reason that so many smug people lift heavy weights.

No, there's something qualitatively different about the Barre attitude. They seem to get such a kick out of seeing people struggle in the classes, in a way I haven't seen in the myriad other sports/athletic activities I've done. It's bizarre.

I've been to Barre and have never felt this way. You sound dramatic.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Barre classes use weights.

Waving a two pound pink stick around doesn’t constitute “lifting weights.”

You must be one of the guys who would go to a Barre class, pick up 10lbs, trade them for 5s, then 2.5s, then drop them entirely. I lift heavy, but it's always entertaining to watch when people do this

Ha, this. I knew a guy who helped train NFL players and he'd have them do Barre-type exercises for injury prevention/rehab. Many of them couldn't do even simple things like leg lifts.

DP, but why are there so many smug people who take Barre? It's such a turn-off.

Probably for the same reason that so many smug people lift heavy weights.

No, there's something qualitatively different about the Barre attitude. They seem to get such a kick out of seeing people struggle in the classes, in a way I haven't seen in the myriad other sports/athletic activities I've done. It's bizarre.

Agreed. No matter how fit you are, a new type of workout will be challenging so the fitter than thou attitude is silly.

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Anonymous wrote:Barre classes use weights.

Waving a two pound pink stick around doesn’t constitute “lifting weights.”

You must be one of the guys who would go to a Barre class, pick up 10lbs, trade them for 5s, then 2.5s, then drop them entirely. I lift heavy, but it's always entertaining to watch when people do this

Ha, this. I knew a guy who helped train NFL players and he'd have them do Barre-type exercises for injury prevention/rehab. Many of them couldn't do even simple things like leg lifts.

DP, but why are there so many smug people who take Barre? It's such a turn-off.

Probably for the same reason that so many smug people lift heavy weights.

No, there's something qualitatively different about the Barre attitude. They seem to get such a kick out of seeing people struggle in the classes, in a way I haven't seen in the myriad other sports/athletic activities I've done. It's bizarre.

I've been to Barre and have never felt this way. You sound dramatic.

Exhibit A. (There's a PP upthread, in this quote block - you? - who is literally saying how entertaining it is to watch people struggle. I've never encountered people laughing at newbies in other classes or sports.)

[Anonymous]

OP, what is the real issue? Is it that she isn't spending time with you in the evening?

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Anonymous wrote:Barre classes use weights.

Waving a two pound pink stick around doesn’t constitute “lifting weights.”

You must be one of the guys who would go to a Barre class, pick up 10lbs, trade them for 5s, then 2.5s, then drop them entirely. I lift heavy, but it's always entertaining to watch when people do this

Ha, this. I knew a guy who helped train NFL players and he'd have them do Barre-type exercises for injury prevention/rehab. Many of them couldn't do even simple things like leg lifts.

DP, but why are there so many smug people who take Barre? It's such a turn-off.

Probably for the same reason that so many smug people lift heavy weights.

No, there's something qualitatively different about the Barre attitude. They seem to get such a kick out of seeing people struggle in the classes, in a way I haven't seen in the myriad other sports/athletic activities I've done. It's bizarre.

I've been to Barre and have never felt this way. You sound dramatic.

Exhibit A. (There's a PP upthread, in this quote block - you? - who is literally saying how entertaining it is to watch people struggle. I've never encountered people laughing at newbies in other classes or sports.)

I'm that pp, and I actually don't do Barre. I've done it before, but I prefer to strength train other ways.

It's not entertaining to see people struggle - but it IS entertaining to see prideful macho men chuckle at the "two pound pink sticks" and go heavier - only to see their pride crumble to dust before their eyes. THAT's fun. Not the struggle - but the demise of the pride.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Barre classes use weights.

Waving a two pound pink stick around doesn’t constitute “lifting weights.”

You must be one of the guys who would go to a Barre class, pick up 10lbs, trade them for 5s, then 2.5s, then drop them entirely. I lift heavy, but it's always entertaining to watch when people do this

Ha, this. I knew a guy who helped train NFL players and he'd have them do Barre-type exercises for injury prevention/rehab. Many of them couldn't do even simple things like leg lifts.

DP, but why are there so many smug people who take Barre? It's such a turn-off.

Probably for the same reason that so many smug people lift heavy weights.

No, there's something qualitatively different about the Barre attitude. They seem to get such a kick out of seeing people struggle in the classes, in a way I haven't seen in the myriad other sports/athletic activities I've done. It's bizarre.

I've been to Barre and have never felt this way. You sound dramatic.

Exhibit A. (There's a PP upthread, in this quote block - you? - who is literally saying how entertaining it is to watch people struggle. I've never encountered people laughing at newbies in other classes or sports.)

I'm that pp, and I actually don't do Barre. I've done it before, but I prefer to strength train other ways.

It's not entertaining to see people struggle - but it IS entertaining to see prideful macho men chuckle at the "two pound pink sticks" and go heavier - only to see their pride crumble to dust before their eyes. THAT's fun. Not the struggle - but the demise of the pride.

I made the comment about two pound weights and I am a woman who sometimes goes to barre classes.

No doubt some barre classes are challenging. However, I stand by my point that it's not weight lifting!

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All these sad, broken men here complaining about their fat wives and you complain that your wife wants to be in the best shape she can?

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Anonymous wrote:Barre classes use weights.

Waving a two pound pink stick around doesn’t constitute “lifting weights.”

You must be one of the guys who would go to a Barre class, pick up 10lbs, trade them for 5s, then 2.5s, then drop them entirely. I lift heavy, but it's always entertaining to watch when people do this

Ha, this. I knew a guy who helped train NFL players and he'd have them do Barre-type exercises for injury prevention/rehab. Many of them couldn't do even simple things like leg lifts.

DP, but why are there so many smug people who take Barre? It's such a turn-off.

Probably for the same reason that so many smug people lift heavy weights.

No, there's something qualitatively different about the Barre attitude. They seem to get such a kick out of seeing people struggle in the classes, in a way I haven't seen in the myriad other sports/athletic activities I've done. It's bizarre.

I've been to Barre and have never felt this way. You sound dramatic.

Exhibit A. (There's a PP upthread, in this quote block - you? - who is literally saying how entertaining it is to watch people struggle. I've never encountered people laughing at newbies in other classes or sports.)

I'm that pp, and I actually don't do Barre. I've done it before, but I prefer to strength train other ways.

It's not entertaining to see people struggle - but it IS entertaining to see prideful macho men chuckle at the "two pound pink sticks" and go heavier - only to see their pride crumble to dust before their eyes. THAT's fun. Not the struggle - but the demise of the pride.

I made the comment about two pound weights and I am a woman who sometimes goes to barre classes.

No doubt some barre classes are challenging. However, I stand by my point that it's not weight lifting!

That's still a kind of struggle, and it's still not funny. I'm a woman who has lifted (all kinds of styles), done barre, pilates, solidcore, etc., and if anything, I empathize with how people are humbled by something new that's tough. I mean, I've seen SO many people walk into solidcore thinking it will be a cakewalk and walk out humbled, myself included. It's never occurred to me to find humor in that.